It's Settled!

We finally came to a meeting of the minds - Graham and I did, that is.

I have been agonizing for weeks over what "small gift" to take to our Irish luncheon

hosts when we are in Cobh. I wanted something "Texas" to be a special remembrance

for them. I got lots of great ideas on Facebook and then set out to find something.

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Short of going downtown and shopping where the tourists shop, I hit every place I could

think of in my neck of the woods and came up empty-handed. Finally I had the idea of

Texas flavored coffees, easily found at any HEB in town. But when I came home with two

sample packages, they really looked pretty puny - not representative of a big state like Texas!

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Those two packs of coffee stared at me from the dining room table for weeks until last

Saturday, when Meredith and I went out to the Leon Valley Days craft show, which is

held only once a month. Cristi was taking Adrian to the park and we had time on our hands,

so we took off to Leon Valley after the Pearl Market and decided to look around.

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Believe it or not, the first stall I looked into had masses of hand-crafted potholders, tortilla-

holders, potato bakers, tea cozies, place mats - you name it, she made it! And, yessir, youza!

She had Texas-themed everything!!! I was in heaven! After looking at every Texas-themed material in her stall, this is what I decided upon...

And I'm taking that coffee too! I imagine our Program Director and Bus Driver will enjoy

a good cuppa coffee from the great state of Texas! YeeHaw!